I had 4 Fosgate 8's in my Karman Ghia back in the 90's, best sounding and hitting system I have had, it was amazing.

I had 2 8” Polk mobile monitors that I made my own box and they were amazing. Had almost no space under the seat of my old Honda Ridgeline and they made the most of it.

This thing reminds me so much of the old Rockford fosgate HX2 subs down to the front gasket, push terminals, massive magnet surrounded in rubber. Mind you, those woodserts are a great addition. Guess they listened to you guys and paid attention with all your installs

MBEnclosures could probably get you guys a 2 8's box that would kill he's the 2 8's expert! Besides I'd love to see two of my favorite channels Collab!

Guy in my town had 4 Kenwood 8s back in the early 90s. They were incredible.

Man, that box looks big and heavy. Maybe plywood construction and a 3" to 4" aeroport is the way to go? Smaller, lighter and easily tunable. Keep up the good work guys! 👍

That thing bangs for an 8”. I need a couple 12’s on my next build.

Did four 8's in a early 2000's blazer on a 600 watts. It did not disappoint. Still had a ton of cargo space left.

Wow that is amazing! That 8” sub sounds like 4-Sundown 10s while watching this in my truck! 😂

I love the way you left off the " made in china" part when reading the back label

That is a very well built Subwoofer for the wattage,and the included Subwoofer grille was dope.. 👌

9:17 man the install bay looks so different. havent watched a vid in a awhile

Finally seen then at my local audio shop and I was very impressed, Im an alpine type r guy and these are very similar in sound same box size same size woofer it's great I think I'm grabbing the slim audio control 10 that was impressive as well it sounded just as good 👍 good stuff audio control. Can't wait for the coaxials the the components soud great as well

Doesn't take much for that car to sound good and get loud.i put a single downfire 12 in my sons 03 g35 on a Rockford 500.1 and it was definitely a great performer.

So is AC going to correct the recommended box specs if the original called for a port 8" too long?

That grille definitely looks like a free grille. These seem like decent subs, just not what I would from AudioControl. When I hear that name I think quality and innovation, but these just seem like average, run of the mill subs.

Thanks guys

Would be good for a front passenger footwell sealed -sub- woofer to supplement the MIDBASS and fill in those common door-mounted midbass cancellation nulls, but not really a great SUBwoofer due to its high *51Hz Fs* as well as just +/-8.5mm Linear Xmax. Curious to know their Xmech? I've been waiting for something to dethrone the *Image Dynamics IDQ8 V4* in this price category, but this doesn't look all that convincing (on paper, at least). You can usually find the IDQ8's from $140-$170. They are moreso a SQ subwoofer, but this AudioControl "SPIKE" sure ain't no SPL monster either with just +/-8.5mm Xmax (11/16" Total). I do like the "looks" of it, however, as well as the integrated grill. 👍 It's just too bad they didn't consider producing DVC versions as well. 😞 My favorite great, but "affordable" 8" subwoofer was the now-discontinued previous version *Polk Audio Mobile Monitor MM840 SVC* which was also Marine Certified and just $119 at the time. It was designed using FEA computer modeling & optimized for real-world performance using the Klippel Analyzer. It had very low Inductance (Le) and a nice, reasonably low Fs of 35Hz for an 8" subwoofer. Also a Klippel-verified ONE-WAY Linear Xmax of 19mm (3/4" ONE WAY), and an "ideal" sealed enclosure volume of just 0.35cf. I found that 0.45cf sealed was more ideal for better Low-End performance (especially when used in multiples to add SPL), and with the Transfer Function of the vehicle ("cabin gain"), the in-car response easily reached down to 25Hz with Authority (remember that 19mm of One-Way Xmax?!) in a very small Sealed enclosure. The F3 and F6 were obviously even lower, getting you down to a usable 20Hz with just a small 8" subwoofer! The updated and current Polk Audio MM versions are still good, but don't quite compare. Don't know why they thought they had to change them! I wish I had hoarded a bunch of them before they were discontinued. 😞 I wouldn't mind giving these new AudioControl subs a try. However this is a flooded market and there are A LOT of other options in this price range that look at least equal or even better on paper, as well as already having proven real-world performance.

clean looking product, assembled in Ohio is nice, too. i may replace my Skar VD-8 with one of these.. looking at the specs sheet, the AC appears to have some nicer output for a .4 cu sealed box.. (rock/metal/punk, so i only want punchy kick drums.. down to say, 50hZ)

Companies be taking notes from Sundown nowadays

You know they sure are made exactly like the ctsound woofers except for color and grill

11:33 I’m imagining 4 Kicker Comp R’s in a Gately box. Coming soon.

Dean who do you have make your enclosures? Im local in Clearwater .

Thanks for the video! Can you post the dimensions of the better sounding speaker box? Thanks.

Would like to hear that compared to an ID8 or Arc 8

More Power

Everyone is pushing out those 8 inch subs.

Do you know if they have any plan to bring a higher end line of speakers?

I hope you guys will be installing these along with a 12" in September. Call me soon! - Scott

Ran 4 8” in my ranger in HS. It slammed but not as much as my 2 10s

You can always fit 2 8" subs in your favorite vehicle... A Ford F-150!

Have yall put a sub in a box for the new 2500 dodge trucks? Im talking replace the stock sub with a good one.

What did it sound like with the first enclosure with the longer port? Isn't a longer port usually means it's tuned lower?

Nice

That's interesting, but I would have rather heard about how it sounds sealed.

Does the 12" have a misprint where it recommends to tune to 39Hz? I think they meant 35Hz.

4 8's in an isobaric formation. 2 in the box, 2 outside, wired inversely, but you know how to do it. And it would be ABUSIVE!

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cute sub 😊

Will 2 8 inch AC subs out perform a single 12 inch??? That is the question. I believe that a good 12 inch subwoofer is hard to beat.

MBE collab coming???

I like that blue basket, but you'll never see it again once it's in the box. Seems like they wasted a lot of money on the looks of things you'll never see after the installation and the grill looks pretty cheap. They should spend some money on updating the look of their amps and DSPs, the stuff people see. The amps and dsp are high quality, but look budget as hell. Is there anything about this sub that stands out against other subs in its price range besides it being picky about its enclosure?

The speaker/woofer market is so saturated... A better controller for their DM610 and 810 instead of the cheesey bass knob would be a better start in my opinion. Something like the Helix director, or the Zapco controller for instance. Even a headunit would be great that could interface with their existing amps and dsp would be better suited for the brand.

Stamped steel MEH! Chinese woofer pay that money for that Audio Control name for generic speaker....so what was enclosure issue? The builder or the box suggested by Audio Control

Someone send them 2 8’s preferably kicker send them 8’s square please

I’m more like a 12” guy

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Nada espectacular para la marca. Nada inovador cual quier marca que empieza lo tendria audio control con tanto renombre debía inovar no copiar

I will loan you guys 2 or 4 b2 rage 8s

8s are too week for me, unless it’s a JL Audio 8W7.